Installation and User's Guide

monitored by the journal engine service. This option lets you perform atraditional full incremental backup, instead of the default journal-basedbackup.5. Click Backup. The Backup Task List window displays the backup processingstatus. When processing completes, the Backup Report window displaysprocessing details.The following are some items to consider when using the GUI to back up yourdata.vvTivoli Storage Manager uses management classes to determine how to manageyour backups on the server. Every time you back up a file, the file is assigned amanagement class. The management class used is either a default selected foryou, or one that you assign to the file using an include option in theinclude-exclude options list. Select Utilities → View Policy Information from thebackup-archive client or Web client GUI to view the backup policies defined bythe Tivoli Storage Manager server for your client node. Select Edit → ClientPreferences from the backup-archive client or Web client GUI and select theInclude-Exclude tab in the Preferences editor to display your include-excludelist.To modify specific backup options, click the Options button. Any options youchange are effective during the current session only.v To perform subsequent incremental backups, from the Tivoli Storage Managermain window, open the Actions menu and select Backup Domain.Related conceptsChapter 9, “Storage management policies,” on page 235Related tasks“Set the client scheduler process to run as a background task and startautomatically at startup” on page 221Specifying drives in your domainWhen you start Tivoli Storage Manager, it sets your default domain to the drivesyou specify with the domain option in the dsm.opt file.If you do not set the domain option, the default domain is all local fixed drives(the drives on your workstation).You can exclude any domain (including the systemobject domain) in your defaultdomain from backup processing using the Backup tab in the Preferences editor.You can also exclude drives or the systemobject domain by specifying the dash (-)operator before the drive or the systemobject domain. For example, in thefollowing option Tivoli Storage Manager processes all local drives except for the c:drive and systemobject domain:domain ALL-LOCAL -c: -systemobjectUsing the backup-archive client command line interface, you can specify drives toinclude in addition to your default domain. For example, if your default domaincontains drives c: and d:, and you want to back up those drives as well as thediskette in drive a:, enter:dsmc incremental -domain="a:"You can also select Actions → Backup Domain from the Tivoli Storage ManagerGUI to perform these backup functions.102 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide